Hold me closer, bernie sanders

Bernie Sanders and/or his campaign has not paid one solitary cent for this song, artwork or video. We are not currently affiliated with the campaign but we support it wholeheartedly and offer this song for their use, free of charge. Punned It has paid for all expenses incurred and related to the song and can be contacted at PunnedItBand at gmail.com.

If the video doesn't play it's because Elton John's publishing company, Universal Music Publishing Group, blocked it ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES the day after it was announced that Sir John will be playing a concert for Hillary Clinton's campaign. Our song and video is fair use of the original under parody law, and what's more, we actually licensed the original for digital distribution and interactive streaming just to be sure we were playing by the rules. UMPG has only come after the viral videos for the song, not the actual song itself (which you can hear and download here!) further proving that this is about publicity and web presence, not copyright infringement. It's not fair, but it's also not something we're capable of contesting due to the might of UMPG's legal team and the ambiguity of law when it comes to YouTube and copyright in general. And, really, we did this to do something positive and fun, getting into an ugly, uphill legal battle doesn't sound like a great time. It's disappointing now but the initial response from the press and thousands of people who saw the video was amazing and we had a blast and a half making it. Thank you for your support.

*We are aware Lehman Brothers no longer exists, but we are also aware that no one who was at Lehman has been arrested or held accountable by the government. That's what we're getting at. Also, the "Jesus freaks" we are referring to are the radical type who don't recognize or understand the importance of the separation of church and state. We think Bernie is a great candidate for people of all religions, including Christians, of course. (And we just wanted to use some of the original lyrics where we could!)*